RSSEntries from August 2007
DRC Welcomes Special Guest Douglas Wilson
DRC is happy to announce that Douglas Wilson will be joining in our upcoming discussion of the Federal Vision.
Federal Vision Discussion Coming!
The DRC will be discussing the Federal Vision from Sept. 17- October 5.
The topic to be debated:
First, What is the problem in Reformed Christianity that Federal Vision is trying to fix?
Second, is it a real problem, and, if so, did/does the FV address it adequately?
Finally, if FV is inadequate, what alternative plan [...]
A Modest Proposoal
Corporate confession’s conclusion
What is the National Confessional approach to Christ’s mediatorial Kingship? This series began by noting the four-fold foundation of the National Confessional approach: corporate confession, distinguishing kingdoms, applying the moral law, and defending the Church. So far this series has focused on the issue of corporate confession of Christ. [...]
The Myth of Integralism
Dualism is a dirty word for many on this blog. Several recent comments suggest that to distinguish redemption and creation leads to Hobbes, Rousseau, and Manicheanism. So perhaps a few basic points are again in order.
The Westminster Divines in chapters 20 and 31, for starters, talk about the differences between civil and ecclesiastical [...]
What is Human?
After having listened to several great lectures on natural law at ISI’s Honors Program in Quebec, I wonder if I can clarify some of the issues that have bedeviled this group. This time from a creational as opposed to a legal or regal (i.e. Christendom) angle.
I think most Presbyterians would admit that all persons, [...]
What is Christendom?
How does Christendom related to Christ’s Kingdom?
For me, when we talk about “the Kingdom” we need to distinguish between 1) the Kingdom of Grace (the visible Church); 2) the Kingdom of power (all things under the authority of Christ for the good of the Church); 3) the Kingdom of Glory which is Christ’s reign [...]
Scott Clark saving the baby
Scott has responded over at the Heidelblog.
Scott writes:
I see that my good friend Bill Chellis at DRC has reacted to the post above. He asks if I think the Synod Dort was Judaizing.
A word of clarification.
I understand that the word “Judaizing” is strong and provocative. By it I am not characterizing all of Christendom [...]
Scott Clark throwing the baby out with the bathwater!
Our friend R. Scott Clark continues to slay the Federal Vision (and soon he will have an opportunity here at DRC) but he is helping to confirm one of my fears today… that the baby will be thrown out with the bathwater. At first I assumed the baby in question would be a high [...]
Dreher, Modernity and Evangelicalism
Rod Dreher has a great post about the rise of pentacostalism and evangelicalism as a response to modernity’s crisis of authority.
Dreher writes:
Still thinking about why Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism are so appealing to the poor, and why more traditional forms of Christianity are lagging (except, in many cases, when they take on the trappings of charismatic [...]